Butler judge wants Enquirer suit dismissed

3:37 PM,
Mar. 20, 2013

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A Butler County judge wants the Ohio Supreme Court to dismiss The Enquirer's suit against him, saying he fixed his mistake in improperly sealing a case involving the Miami University rape flier and the issue is moot.

In a brief filed with the Supreme Court, part-time Judge Rob Lyons of Area I Court in Oxford also maintains The Enquirer has no right "to insert itself into judicial and prosecutorial functions that determined the outcome of the underlying criminal case."

"Once the Respondent Judge realized that the defendant's underlying plea agreement was being undermined, it was far more ...